We have a limited quantity of t-shirts from 2007 and 2008 in some sizes. Please check with the registration desk to see what sizes are available, and then purchase your shirts through the website. After you have purchased your shirts, you may pick them up at the registration desk.

Please be advised that shirts are available on a first-come, first-serve basis only.

Grant Street Group returns as a PPW community sponsor.http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/298dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-10-10T18:19:00Z

The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop is happy to announce Grant Street Group has agreed to become a PPW community sponsor. We are grateful to Grant Street Group for supporting Perl in Pittsburgh three years running!

Grant Street Group develops, hosts and administers customized software applications used by financial institutions and government entities to support a variety of financial transactions related to auctions of fixed income instruments as well as tax billing and collection.

We are still in need of more sponsors. Please visit our Sponsors page for more information.

Rakudo Consulting Group becomes a PPW community sponsor.http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/297dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-10-10T18:16:00Z

The Pittsburgh Perl workshop is pleased to announce that the Rakudo Consulting Group has agreed to sponsor PPW at the Community Sponsor level. This is RCG's first year as a PPW sponsor.

Rakudo Consulting Group offers training, consulting, and support services for Rakudo Perl, the Parrot Virtual Machine, mod_parrot, and other open-source technologies. RCG team members draw from years of experience leading and collaborating with designers, developers, and users of open source products to solve your development challenges. RCG is uniquely capable of delivering professional, practical, timely solutions that meet our clients' expectations of quality and value. For more information, visit www.rakudoconsulting.com.

Once again, The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop will be hosting a Perl 6 hackathon! Jerry Gay, Patrick Michaud, and Jeff Horwitz of Rakudo Consulting will all be on site during the workshop and helping out with the Rakudo hackaton. So, come on by and say hi and learn how you can help out with Perl 6.

Perl 6 isn't your thing? No problem! Stop by in Wean Hall 7220 during the workshop and work on whatever you want! We've got plenty of outlets and the electricity is free.

The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop also thanks Rakudo Consulting for becoming a PPW Community Sponsor. Rakudo Consulting will be sponsoring transportation services for participants attending the Saturday night social event.

New location this year.http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/293dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-10-08T02:53:00Z

PPW will be in a different building this year. We will not be in the University Center, as we have been in previous years. Instead, The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop will be held in Wean Hall at Carnegie Mellon University.

The Lightning Talks will be Sunday at 4pm. There are still slots available for you to speak for 5 minutes on just about any topic. This is an excellent chance for first time speakers to start small before going on to fame and glory at the next conference.

Please try to submit your talk by Wednesday October 8. At least 2 speaking spots will be held for the second deadline Sunday at breakfast. This will give you time to be offended by something on Saturday and put together a rebuttal.

Use the 'Submit a talk' link on this website and check the 'Lightning Talk' box.

If you will be attending please add yourself the Sunday Social wiki page.

Friday Social at Joe Mamashttp://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/277robert@robertblackwell.comrblackwe2008-09-19T18:28:00Z

We will be having a Friday social at Joe Mamas from 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.

If you will be attending please add yourself the Friday Social wiki page.

PPW group on Linkedinhttp://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/276robert@robertblackwell.comrblackwe2008-09-18T02:34:00Z<p>If you use <a href="http://linkedin.com">LinkedIn</a> be sure to join the <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=89938">PPW08</a> group.</p>
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Also if you plan on coming to <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=130539">YAPC::NA:2009</a> there is a LinkedIn group you can join for it too.</p>Parrot/Rakudo (Perl 6) Hack-a-thon and talkshttp://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/274robert@robertblackwell.comrblackwe2008-09-16T00:57:00Z<p>Great news! Patrick Michaud will be holding a hack-a-thon and giving talks on parrot/Rakudo (Perl 6).</p>
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Come and learn about the future of perl and dynamic languages on parrot.</p>
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Come and get and commit bit and learn how to use it and shape the future of perl and parrot.
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There are tasks for all levels of involvement.
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Watch the <a href="http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/wiki?node=HomePage">wiki</a> for more details.</p>Get your PPW talk proposals in by 12 September 2008http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/269dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-09-08T21:00:00Z<p>The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop 2008 is the perfect opportunity to share your ideas, code, and projects with masses of code-loving Perl hackers. Shouldn't <b>you</b> have a speaking slot at this year's event? Shouldn't <b>you</b> experience the full, PPW-powered glory that only speakers can know?</p>
<p>Of course you should!</p>
<p>Haven't you ...<br>
done interesting stuff for Perl?<br>
written cool code?<br>
seen the future of Perl?<br>
got a story to tell?<br>
got a trick to share?</p>
<p>In fact, if you have <b>anything</b> to say that would interest Perl people, <b>we</b> want to hear <b>you</b> say it!</p>
<p>Just go to pghpw.org and <a href="http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/newtalk">submit a talk proposal.</a> It's that easy.</p>
<p>But don't delay. Get your proposal in by 12 September 2008 -- or else you might miss out.</p>
<p>Seize the day! Own the fun! Submit a talk proposal for PPW 2008 now!</p>Don't forget your hotel reservations!http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/268dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-09-08T17:36:00Z

Tomorrow (Tuesday, September 9th) is last day to get the discounted rate for hotel rooms.

More information about the discount rate is available on our Location page.

Submit a talk proposal for the The Pittsburgh Perl Workshop!http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/251dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-08-12T12:00:00Z

PPW 2008 is just a few months away. That means now is the time to submit a talk proposal. Haven't you been doing cool stuff with Perl? Of course you have! Then why not share the fun with the whole Perl community? Give a talk at PPW 2008!

The University Center Quality Inn in Pittsburgh has let us know that they are going to have very limited available rooms during the weekend of PPW due to other events in the area.

However, we were able to secure a block of 30 rooms from them at a discounted rate. When registering, please be sure to ask for the "Pittsburgh Perl Workshop" event rate. For more information on the Quality Inn, please visit our location page.

We will also be working to get more rooms from other hotels in the area.

A whole new side of PPW.http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/234dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-07-16T02:03:00Z

This year, we're trying to mix some things up with PPW and the talks that you'll see. Don't worry, we'll still have the same traditional talks (in fact, our call for papers will be opening in the next few days). But also, we want to take PPW to the next level.

To reach that goal, we've been working with a few selected speakers over the past months on something we like to call "Things that touch Perl." For Perl developers, we hope this means that we're going to get you excited about taking Perl home with you and trying to use it in new ways. For developers new to Perl, we hope to show you both why Perl is a great language to work with and why Perl is great at working with other things.

We're also expanding our special course offerings at PPW this year. Dan Klein will be returning with "From Zero to Perl", a beginner course which made its debut at PPW last year with excellent reviews. Also, Perl author Peter Scott will be providing a day-long course titled "Maintaining Code While Staying Sane", a course targeted at developers that just had somebody else's code dumped in their lap. We also have a few other instructors that we are working with to potentially provide day-long courses, and we hope to be announcing those soon.

YAPC::NA 2009http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/231dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-06-18T18:31:00Z<p><img src="http://dwright.org/yapcna_2009_were_hosting.gif"></p>
<p>As many of you have heard by now, Pittsburgh has been chosen as the 10th anniversary site for the Yet Another Perl Conference, North America (YAPC::NA) in 2009.</p>
<p>Currently, our plans are to proceed with PPW 08 this October. However, we do not plan to host a PPW in 2009. Instead, we encourage everybody to keep an eye on <a href="http://columbus.pm.org/">Columbus.pm</a>. They have let us know that they are interested in hosting Perl Workshop possibly some time in the spring.</p>Mark your calendars.http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/230dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-04-17T19:25:00Z

The tenative dates for PPW 08 have been set for October 11th and 12th, 2008. The event will be taking place at Carnegie Mellon University. We are currently in the final stages of reserving the rooms and locking in those dates.

PPW '08 is in the works!http://pghpw.org/ppw2008/en_US/229dan@dwright.orgehdonhon2008-03-27T22:44:00Z

We have been working with our partner, the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science to secure our venue and dates for the 2008 Pittsburgh Perl Workshop. Now, we are very close to having our reservations locked in.

Currently, we think that the event will happen in mid-October. We will announce the exact dates after our venue has confirmed our reservations.

It isn't too early to start thinking about sponsoring PPW '08. Prime sponsorship opportunities, such as room naming rights, usually go fast. Please contact sponsors@pghpw.org for more information.